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Voices Against DOMA: We've Got Friends
By James Esseks,
Director, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project
(Note: This post originally appeared on the ACLU's national Blog of Rights. To learn more about how our case will impact LGBT Floridians, join us at our DOMA Town Hall.)
We're almost there – next week, on March 27, the Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in Edie Windsor's case. Essentially DOMA requires the federal government to treat legally married same-sex couples differently from all other married couples. In June, the Court will rule on whether DOMA violates equal protection by treating married gay couples as unmarried in over 1,100 federal programs.
By Guest Blog- ACLU National
The Sad State of Solitary in Florida: Is There Hope for this Human Rights Violation?
The world got a glimpse this week into how the United States treats those we lock in solitary confinement, when the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights heard ACLU testimonies on how our treatment of vulnerable prisoners violates international human rights norms. The short story: we should be ashamed.
The ACLU of Florida wants to hear from you!
We are inviting everyone in Florida to tell us how immigration policy impacts you. It doesn’t matter whether you are undocumented, have legal status, or are a citizen. We want to hear why you support federal immigration reform—whether it’s your family’s personal story of immigration, someone else’s story you’ve heard about, or simply your reasons for supporting reform.
Sponsoring a Florida College Football Team Can’t Whitewash a Private Prison Company’s Atrocious Record
Note: The following blog post originally appeared on the National ACLU Blog of Rights. That post can be seen here
In Florida, incarceration is big business. So is college football. There might be some twisted logic, then, to the GEO Group, Inc.'s latest scheme to whitewash its public image.
By Guest Blog- ACLU National
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